Phil Odence是新思科技（Synopsys）Black Duck审计服务的总经理，为并购交易（M&A）双方公司的软件组成、安全性和质量进行审计。他专注于软件尽职调查（Due Diligence）的最佳实践和并购交易（M&A）的研究。他还跟与各公司合作的律师事务所和开源社区密切协作，并经常发表关于开源管理和并购（M&A）方面的演讲。Phil还担任Linux基金会的Software Package Data Exchange（SPDX）工作组的主席，该工作组为软件物料清单（SBOMs）创建了一个ISO标准。
Phil Odence is the General Manager of Synopsys’s Black Duck Audit business auditing the composition, security and quality of software for companies on both sides of M&A transactions. He focuses on software due diligence best practices and the M&A market. He also works closely with the company’s law firm partners and the open source community and is a frequent speaker on open source management and M&A. Phil chairs the Linux Foundation's Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) working group which created an ISO standard for Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs).
凭借数十年的软件行业经验，Phil曾在Hammer/Empirix公司和计算机模拟建模领域的初创企业High Performance Systems (HPSI)公司担任高级管理职位。在泰瑞达（Teradyne）公司的电子设计和测试自动化（EDA）软件部门开启了他的市场营销和销售的职业生涯。他还写过一本关于飞蝇钓法的书。Phil拥有达特茅斯学院（Dartmouth College）的工程学文学士学位（AB）和工程学理学硕士学位（MS）。
With decades of software industry experience, Phil held senior management positions at Hammer/Empirix and High Performance Systems, a startup in computer simulation modeling. He began his career in marketing and sales with Teradyne's electronic design and test automation (EDA) software group. He’s also written a book on fly fishing. Phil has an AB and an MS in engineering from Dartmouth College.